Posts Tagged ‘fiscal cliff’

Ha! The US Federal Reserve has lost its nerve and left the punch bowl at the party table. The markets were genuinely, and pleasantly, surprised by this apparent act of largesse, even though nobody was...
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New analysis of New Year stock market predictions for 2013 contains bad news for pessimists and good news for people who might like to see the value of their savings and investments rise. Perennial pe...
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Not much to be said about the fiscal cliff until America plunges over it, pulling the rest of us with it, suffice it to say that this now virtually annual political charade is getting somewhat tiresom...
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According to Paul Krugman, those of us who think it is right for governments to act on burgeoning deficits are hypocrites because we also worry that America's fiscal cliff will, if enacted, push the U...
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